Etymology

dinopid

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Today it means: Any member of the family Deinopidae of net-casting spiders. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ὄψ
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromὄψ“face”
  2. English todaydinopid

From dino- + Ancient Greek ὄψ (óps, “face”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekὄψ all →

opsoclonus

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